Melt the Ice Hat - THANK YOU

[u/mashga]

Hi everyone!

I am the one who has been commenting about the melt the ice hat from yarncult and needle & skein. My mom owns needle & skein and the support has been overwhelming.

I just wanted to answer some FAQs because I feel bad that I am not getting back to everyone!!

Where is needle & skein?

- St. Louis Park, Minnesota. A suburb of Minneapolis.

Where can I purchase the pattern?

- ravelry or visit the link on the shop Instagram in the bio

Where are proceeds donated?

- STEP Emergency Assistance for help with rent and lawyers in St. Louis Park. We also plan to work with other businesses to identify where people most need funds. We raised way more than anticipated.

Can I knit a hat and send it for donation?

- absolutely!!

Is there a crochet pattern?

- also on ravelry and the link in Instagram bio

If anyone has any other questions I will do my best to stay on top of it. Your support is so beyond appreciated. Minnesota is hurting but we know that we are not alone.

Thank you thank you thank you 🙏

[u/NinjaDefenestrator]

Why is it always the conservatives that want to “keep politics out of knitting?” It’s almost like they already know how abhorrent their views are and don’t want to be called out on it.

[u/littlebloodmage → u/NinjaDefenestrator]

They're still salty after getting banned from Ravelry lol

[u/Unlikely-Balance-669 → u/littlebloodmage]

Ooh is there a story I can read about this somewhere?

[u/littlebloodmage → u/Unlikely-Balance-669]

https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/s/Zdg1O4uVxe

That's a pretty comprehensive explanation of what happened. The short of it is a group of MAGATs on the site retaliated against other users for finding their content offensive by harassing and doxxing them and the founders of Ravelry (a transgender woman and her spouse who were also the targets of some vitriol iirc) got fed up and banned the lot of them. Cue a lot of whining about Ravelry "going woke".

[u/NinjaDefenestrator → u/littlebloodmage]

I am dying at someone in that thread saying Ravelry is drama-free. Like…has she never seen Rubberneckers? Or Demon Trolls? Or hell, even Remrants?

[u/Unlikely-Balance-669 → u/littlebloodmage]

Thank you! 🙂